us congress can help heal the wounds of slavery

Our research shows that while white people use drugs at the same rates as Black people, the latter are two-and-a-half times as likely to be arrested for drug possession. Black Americans are more likely to experience violence at the hands of police and are incarcerated at five times the rate of..

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it's not just men: white conservative women have played key

These decisions, made by white men and women, had the effect of creating or maintaining class of black workers. ... By the early 20th century, white Americans on both the liberal and conservative ends of the spectrum advocated reduced childbearing among the poor, organized birth control..

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reparations for slavery get a fiery hearing in congress

The senator said the country has not yet confronted its long history of racism and white supremacy, and that establishing commission to study the issue would provide an opportunity to break the silence, to speak to the past and talking about how we will move this nation forward.. ... given..

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the israeli election is about benjamin netanyahu's personality, not

Benny Gantz of the centrist party Blue and White, has declared his intention to form coalition with Netanyahu's party, Likud. ... Israeli leader might be in better position and he would need to engage in delicate dance with White House occupant to preserve good ties in the meantime.. ..

how wall street colonized the caribbean

White representations of African Americans, in particular, were exported to West Indies and inscribed in vast and diffuse archive of pamphlets, reports, circulars, press releases, prospectuses, and journal articles produced by Wall Street about Caribbean and Latin America. ..

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iran has ties to al qaeda, trump officials tell skeptical congress

Briefings by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, backed up by other State Department and Pentagon officials, have led Democrats and some Republicans to ask whether the administration is building case that White House could use to invoke the authorization passed by Congress in 2001 to terror groups as..

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the lost children: advocates fear census will undercount kids

In 2010, 50 percent or more young black and Hispanic children were reported to be living in complex households, compared to 29.1 percent of young white children, according to the bureau's numbers. ... “And this is all in the context of white nationalism that has scared a lot of..

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